--- Ft/Lib/DistExt/Install.py.old	2006-12-27 21:50:04.000000000 -0700
+++ Ft/Lib/DistExt/Install.py	2006-12-27 21:53:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@
          'installation directory for documentation files'),
         #('install-info=', None,
         # 'installation directory for GNU info pages'),
+        ('root=', None,
+         'Install into alternative root')
         ]
 
     boolean_options = install.install.boolean_options + ['with-docs']